USPTO Patents Application 09967052

PD No. 10010793 1 of 4

Inventors: Kenneth Oakeson et al.

Title: Methods and Systems for Determing Local Device

Proximity

rim at location UID = 00001?
what devices are available?

100

Location 3
UID = 00003

Device 7

Location 2
UID = 00002

Device 4

Device 5

110

Laptop computer

Location 1
UID = 00001

Device 1

Device 2

Device 3

Server

108

Device Registry

UID = 00001

Device 1 , Device 2,
Device 3

UID = 00002

Device 4, Device 5,
Device 6

UID = 00003

Device 7, Device 8

PD No. 10010793 2 of 4

Inventors: Kenneth Oakeson et al.

Title: Methods and Systems for Determing Local Device

Proximity

ram at location UID = 00001?
what devices are available?

200

Location N
UID = 00003

Device 7

204c

Location 2
UID = 00002

Device 4

Device 5

110

Laptop computer

Location 1
UID = 00001

Device 1

Server

208b

PD No. 10010793 3 of 4

Inventors: Kenneth Oakeson et al.

Title: Methods and Systems for Determing Local Device

Proximity

Client Device

300

Acquire UID of a location

302

Send message containing UID
to an entity to discover local
devices/services

310

Receive reply with list of
available devices/services

312

Use one or more listed devices/
services

Entity or Server

304

Receive message containing
UID

306

Perform lookup on database

308

Send reply with list of available
devices/services

3

PD No. 10010793 4 of 4

Inventors: Kenneth Oakeson et al.

Title: Methods and Systems for Determing Local Device

Proximity

400-

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Processor

Memory

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406

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Mass Storage
Device

I/O Interface

5=5